anomia · lawlessness

What it means

anomia (ἀνομία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lawlessness”.

Living without law, disregarding what God commands.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Living as if God had no law.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• lawlessness ×11
• iniquity ×2
• iniquities ×1
• lawless deeds ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Romans×3
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×2
• 1 John×2

• Matthew 7:23

  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’

• Matthew 13:41

  The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of stumbling and those who do lawlessness,

• Matthew 23:28

  So you also on the outside appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

• Matthew 24:12

  And because lawlessness will have increased, the love of many will grow cold.

• Romans 4:7

  Happy are those whose iniquities were forgiven and whose sins were covered;

• Romans 6:19

  I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to iniquity for iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification.

• 2 Corinthians 6:14

  Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

• 2 Thessalonians 2:3

  Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:7

  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only the one who restrains does so now until he is taken out of the way.

• Titus 2:14

  who gave himself for us so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people of his own, zealous for good works.

• Hebrews 1:9

  You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

• Hebrews 10:17

  he adds: And their sins and their lawless deeds I will never remember anymore.

• 1 John 3:4

  Everyone who commits sin also commits lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

And 2 more times.